National Motorcycle Museum Closing Its Doors
Cycle News Staff | January 31, 2023
The National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa, which has been home to over 500 motorcycles, a great bicycle collection and thousands of pieces of memorabilia, announced that it will by shutting down for good. After 22 years in this location, the Board of Directors, led by Chairman Jill Parham, has decided to close the museum later this year.
The National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa, will be shutting down later this year.
“We have struggled for several years to cover wages and utilities partly due to low visitation,” she said.
The museum is one of about six motorcycle museums in America operated as a non-profit and was established in Iowa by J&P Cycles founders John and Jill Parham. As is proper with closing non-profits, the museum is using professional counsel during the process. Owners of loaned motorcycles have been contacted and motorcycles that belong to the museum will be liquidated at auction to pay bills. Much of the Parham Collection will be sold as well. If you would like to be informed of the sales, visit the National Motorcycle Museum’s website and sign up for the email list.
The tentative closing date is September 5, 2023, so there is still time to plan a visit. CN
